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Unzip a .zip Archive

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Demonstrates how to open a .zip archive and unzip. The Unzip method extracts the files and directories from a .zip archive and recreates the directory tree rooted at the directory path passed to Unzip. PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$zip = New-Object Chilkat.Zip

$success = $zip.OpenZip("my_files.zip")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($zip.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Returns the number of files and directories unzipped.
# Unzips to /my_files, re-creating the directory tree
# from the .zip.
$unzipCount = $zip.Unzip("/my_files")
if ($unzipCount -lt 0) {
    $($zip.LastErrorText)
}
else {
    $("Success!")
}